Stress, adaptation, and speciation in the evolution of the blind mole rat, Spalax, in Israel

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 515-525

  Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptive complex; Blind mole rat; Environmental stress; Genome sequencing; Spalax; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISRAEL; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GENETIC SPECIATION; ISRAEL; SPALAX; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

MAMMALIA; MYA; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; RATTUS; ROBERTSONIA; SPALACINAE; SPALAX; SPALAX CARMELI; SPALAX GALILI; SPALAX GOLANI; SPALAX JUDAEI;

EID: 84873079139     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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